Holy Batman,...Wild Custom Fiero - Part 3 (Page 1/2)
exoticse DEC 15, 07:34 PM
Been following this build for yeeeeeeeeeeears and it's almost impossible to get ahold of the builder, but i did catch a slight glimpse of some progress on the car.

It's being built by probably the worlds best replica batmobile builder Mark Towle.



First a little background.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...060811-1-058013.html

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...060811-1-058013.html

Given the time this has been ongoing, it's obvious his batmobile biz is consuming the vast majority of his time.

At any rate these are the latest pics i could scrounge up. Not much progress, but you can see the potential. These pics are hard to come by, and i believe are at least a year or so old.





Some other pics and projects going on around his shop.

















It might be cool field trip for a local fiero club or even an idividual to go out and check out his shop and his build ?? He is out in California.

http://www.gothamgarage.net/

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motoracer838 DEC 16, 08:04 AM
I was wondering what happened to that car,

Joe
jetsnvettes2000 DEC 16, 09:52 AM
Well this solves my question of if anyone ever did a bubble top Fiero I would so buy that kit if it were ever made as a kit for the Fiero!
johnyrottin DEC 17, 10:12 AM
This just made a tought roll through my head...what would a Bat-Fiero look like?
n7vrz DEC 17, 12:09 PM

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Originally posted by johnyrottin:

This just made a tought roll through my head...what would a Bat-Fiero look like?



Almost sounds like a challenge to photoshoppers. Anyone want to give it a try?
urbex DEC 17, 01:34 PM
Something I've never understood about these builds...when you're dealing with this level of customization, why even bother starting with an existing car? Seriously..what's left of the actual Fiero? Part of a floor pan and part of the console?
exoticse DEC 17, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by urbex:

Something I've never understood about these builds...when you're dealing with this level of customization, why even bother starting with an existing car? Seriously..what's left of the actual Fiero? Part of a floor pan and part of the console?



Ask any builder it is a looooooooooot of work to start from scratch.
motoracer838 DEC 17, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by urbex:

Something I've never understood about these builds...when you're dealing with this level of customization, why even bother starting with an existing car? Seriously..what's left of the actual Fiero? Part of a floor pan and part of the console?



Vin and title, a real pain in the azz with a scratch built.

Joe
kwagner DEC 17, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by n7vrz:


Almost sounds like a challenge to photoshoppers. Anyone want to give it a try?



I've actually designed one, hybridizing the Keaton style and one of the comic ones. I'll try and dig up the pics later.

Edit: Here it is (blue outline is regular fiero fastback dimensions for a sense of scale):

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mkiker2089 DEC 17, 08:18 PM

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Originally posted by motoracer838:


Vin and title, a real pain in the azz with a scratch built.

Joe



Correct, however it's sad also because you have one less Fiero as well. Someone's dream destroyed. Too bad the Ford Escort didn't have a full frame.

Many modern kit companies have ways around the laws so kit builders, as in ones who produce and sell, no longer require sacrifice cars. That's a totally different game however.